Finished my writing for the day, completely caught up on my writing for the week, and hoping to get a bit of extra scribbling in this weekend! Thank the gods for holidays!
I got out early on Wednesday, but between a crazy day at work, braving the store to pick up a faux turkey for me and tomato soup (for our tomato soup cake!) for my mum, and driving down from DC to my mum's house, I had no time to write at all. I wrote a bit yesterday, but ended up passing out at the computer. Typical. So today I did all my make-up writing, and fulfilled today's quota as well.
So. The title of today's blog. Yes, fellow 80s film dorks, it is a reference to The Princess Bride. I was writing a romantic scene between Bryn & Mer, and was totally stuck. How did I want it to come across? Hot? Scandalous? Pure and puritanical? Suddenly I remembered those lines from The Princess Bride and knew how the scene had to be written.
I got to write two romantic scenes between Bryn & Mer this week. I was very excited. It's a bit of a departure for me, but they (and the story) needed it. Things will very shortly take a turn for the worse, and I think the bonding time for the characters will set this up perfectly. Besides, the reader needs a little break, right?
Yes, I admit it...I'm just making excuses. I wanted to up the love story, so I did. Hopefully it'll make everything to follow even more poignant.
Speaking of poignant, Pilot's about to show up again. Sigh. I'm looking forward to that part because I think it'll be fun to write, but I know I'll have trouble with it. Poor Pilot.
Anyway, I've got to clean myself and eat some lunch (/breakfast...I skipped it to keep writing) before heading out to see The Life of Pi. Ciao for now!
Working Title: Bryn & Mer: Traditor
Word Count: 120,963 (Broke 120k, woot!)
Writing Mode: Chugging along!
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